76-pound deer found inside of 16-foot Burmese python

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An adult deer was found intact inside a huge Burmese python Thursday, after the snake was captured and killed in the Everglades.

Contractors for the South Florida Water Management District encountered the python on a tree island in western Miami-Dade County, according to the district. It was killed with a shotgun blast.

The 15.7-foot snake had a massive bulge from a recently consumed 76-pound female deer, the largest intact prey ever found in a Burmese python in Florida, said Skip Snow, a biologist and python specialist at Everglades National Park, who conducted the necropsy.

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That's just sad. Those snakes aren't meant to be up here and released into the wild. Florida's about the only part of the country they can survive in too.

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From some articles I've read, they are starting to compete with alligators for the "top of the food chain" spot in the swamps. Thank God they can't tolerate cooler environments or breed like feral hogs.

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